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firefox 4 and blipmaps
Blipmaps show up upside down after upgrading to firefox 4. Has anyone
seen and solved this problem? Thanks John Cochrane |
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On Apr 1, 10:20*am, John Cochrane
wrote: Blipmaps show up upside down after upgrading to firefox 4. Has anyone seen and solved this problem? Thanks John Cochrane every year on April 1. Very annoying if you're actually interested in the soaring forecast for the day. |
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firefox 4 and blipmaps
On Apr 1, 8:20*am, John Cochrane
wrote: Blipmaps show up upside down after upgrading to firefox 4. Has anyone seen and solved this problem? Thanks John Cochrane Just wait til tomorrow. |
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On Apr 1, 8:28*am, Bob wrote:
On Apr 1, 8:20*am, John Cochrane wrote: Blipmaps show up upside down after upgrading to firefox 4. Has anyone seen and solved this problem? Thanks John Cochrane Just wait til tomorrow. Just switch to XC Skies - readable interactive maps that are always the right way up and more features. Haven't looked at Blipmaps since switching two years ago. Mike |
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On 4/1/2011 9:13 AM, Mike the Strike wrote:
On Apr 1, 8:28 am, wrote: On Apr 1, 8:20 am, John wrote: Blipmaps show up upside down after upgrading to firefox 4. Has anyone seen and solved this problem? Thanks John Cochrane Just wait til tomorrow. Just switch to XC Skies - readable interactive maps that are always the right way up and more features. Haven't looked at Blipmaps since switching two years ago. Before you switch, make sure the forecasts are adequate for your purposes. A good interface and more features have little value if the forecasts don't match your weather. In fact, I still prefer the Blipmap interface by a small margin - quick, easy, adequate. I followed both for a couple years, and Blipmaps gave more reliable forecasts in my primary area, the Pacific NW. The "more features" were intriguing, but not useful because they used the GFS model, which works poorly in the NW area. I'll revisit XC Skies when they NAM model is available with the "more features". -- Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to email me) - "Transponders in Sailplanes - Feb/2010" also ADS-B, PCAS, Flarm http://tinyurl.com/yb3xywl |
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firefox 4 and blipmaps
On Apr 1, 9:23*am, Eric Greenwell wrote:
On 4/1/2011 9:13 AM, Mike the Strike wrote: On Apr 1, 8:28 am, *wrote: On Apr 1, 8:20 am, John wrote: Blipmaps show up upside down after upgrading to firefox 4. Has anyone seen and solved this problem? Thanks John Cochrane Just wait til tomorrow. Just switch to XC Skies - readable interactive maps that are always the right way up and more features. Haven't looked at Blipmaps since switching two years ago. Before you switch, make sure the forecasts are adequate for your purposes. A good interface and more features have little value if the forecasts don't match your weather. In fact, I still prefer the Blipmap interface by a small margin - quick, easy, adequate. I followed both for a couple years, and Blipmaps gave more reliable forecasts in my primary area, the Pacific NW. The "more features" were intriguing, but not useful because they used the GFS model, which works poorly in the NW area. I'll revisit XC Skies when they NAM model is available with the "more features". -- Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to email me) - "Transponders in Sailplanes - Feb/2010" also ADS-B, PCAS, Flarmhttp://tinyurl.com/yb3xywl Our local soaring group was recently gven a presentation on the features of XCSkies. One of the features of much local interest in the spot forecast. I asked what model the spot forecast is based on since I had noticed the spot forecast didn't change when the forecast model was changed. There was a stunned silence, then it became apparent that no one actually knew where the data they valued so highly had actually come from. I have a subsription to XC skies but it is about to lapse. Not decided yet if I will renew. My primary weather sources are still the local NWS, and looking out of the window. Andy |
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On Apr 1, 9:23*am, Eric Greenwell wrote:
On 4/1/2011 9:13 AM, Mike the Strike wrote: On Apr 1, 8:28 am, *wrote: On Apr 1, 8:20 am, John wrote: Blipmaps show up upside down after upgrading to firefox 4. Has anyone seen and solved this problem? Thanks John Cochrane Just wait til tomorrow. Just switch to XC Skies - readable interactive maps that are always the right way up and more features. Haven't looked at Blipmaps since switching two years ago. Before you switch, make sure the forecasts are adequate for your purposes. A good interface and more features have little value if the forecasts don't match your weather. In fact, I still prefer the Blipmap interface by a small margin - quick, easy, adequate. I followed both for a couple years, and Blipmaps gave more reliable forecasts in my primary area, the Pacific NW. The "more features" were intriguing, but not useful because they used the GFS model, which works poorly in the NW area. I'll revisit XC Skies when they NAM model is available with the "more features". -- Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to email me) - "Transponders in Sailplanes - Feb/2010" also ADS-B, PCAS, Flarmhttp://tinyurl.com/yb3xywl Eric: XC Skies allows the user to choose between GFS, NAM and RUC for the immediate forecasts. Each model has its advantages and disadvantages and it's not always obvious that one is better than another. Our experience in Arizona is that GFS gives a good overview a few days ahead, but that NAM is the overall winner. RUC is often very good, but we have found it frequently to overestimate wind speeds. A feature I really like is to get point forecasts and skew-t charts for specific locations without having to input the lat/long. I have found the skew-t from the Rapid Refresh model as the best forecast available. It will be very interesting when this new model supersedes RUC - I think we'll see a dramatic improvement in soaring forecasts. As Andy has pointed out, it's not always obvious which model they choose for some of the features, but I hope to find this out as I use it more. There is talk amongst some of the forecast techies of developing Dr. Jack's RASP models into an XC Skies format, which would be very useful. Mike |
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firefox 4 and blipmaps
On 4/1/2011 10:21 AM, Mike the Strike wrote:
On Apr 1, 9:23 am, Eric wrote: I followed both for a couple years, and Blipmaps gave more reliable forecasts in my primary area, the Pacific NW. The "more features" were intriguing, but not useful because they used the GFS model, which works poorly in the NW area. I'll revisit XC Skies when they NAM model is available with the "more features". Eric: XC Skies allows the user to choose between GFS, NAM and RUC for the immediate forecasts. Each model has its advantages and disadvantages and it's not always obvious that one is better than another. Our experience in Arizona is that GFS gives a good overview a few days ahead, but that NAM is the overall winner. RUC is often very good, but we have found it frequently to overestimate wind speeds. In the NW for the current days forecast, I found the RUC Blipmap to be the best; the XCSkies NAM second best; GFS was OK for picking dud days from great days a few days ahead. A feature I really like is to get point forecasts and skew-t charts for specific locations without having to input the lat/long. Blipmaps have both features, and I sometimes use the point forecast when I'm not sure I'm reading the color scale right. What is missing from both programs is wave and convergence forecasting. -- Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to email me) - "A Guide to Self-launching Sailplane Operation Mar/2004" Much of what you need to know tinyurl.com/yfs7tnz |
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Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to email me) - "A Guide to Self-launching Sailplane Operation Mar/2004" Much of what you need to know tinyurl.com/yfs7tnz Wave and convergence forecasting is stunning in the Dr. jack RASP forecasts. Darryl |
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firefox 4 and blipmaps
On 4/2/2011 1:22 PM, Darryl Ramm wrote:
[snip] Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to email me) - "A Guide to Self-launching Sailplane Operation Mar/2004" Much of what you need to know tinyurl.com/yfs7tnz Wave and convergence forecasting is stunning in the Dr. jack RASP forecasts. So I hear; unfortunately, no one has done it for the NW. -- Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to email me) |
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